Thursday, August 23, 2007

Massive Post-Vacation Daily News Update

Ok, this one's not so massive, since I didn't feel like seeking out all the picks, but hey, I had a theme going.

Besides the usual weekly jazz picks, I did feature stories on violinist Jenny Scheinman and The Stoogeum, the hidden treasure of the Philly area, an appointment-only Three Stooges museum.

Massive Post-Vacation Metro Update

Ok, let's run these down real quick: over the last month for Metro, I've written profiles on the Burndown All Stars' reality show; the BlogPhiladelphia conference; the Decemberists; former Drive-By Trucker Jason Isbell; Joseph Gervasi's Legends of Philly Hardcore show; Patti Smith; Baltimore experimentalist Melissa Moore; Stan Ridgway; Felix Cavaliere of the Rascals about Hippiefest; The Intruders; Pittsburgh funk band Boogie Hustlers; Girls Rock Philly camp; Melody Gardot; and artist Tasja Keetman. Also, a few others that I can't find or got cut, but you get the gist.

Massive Post-Vacation Citypaper Update

Ok, so we were on vacation for most of the latter part of July, and then got back and I was really hectic with work, and am still kinda really hectic with work, and I'm naturally lazy about this blog, but if I don't update now it's never getting updated. So, here goes, Citypapers from July 19 through today:

July 19: Arts lead on a joint appearance by authors Louis Bayard and Matthew Pearl, both of whom wrote recent mysteries involving EA Poe; a review of Cashback; and 4 reviews from week two of the Gay and Lesbian Film Festival: Kenneth Anger doc Anger Me, Doris Wishman's posthumously-release Each Time I Kill; Duncan Roy's AIDS-era retread of The Picture of Dorian Gray; and the Philly-made 2 Minutes Later, a rerun from the Philly Film Fest.

July 26: Just a feature review, expanded from one I wrote for the Film Fest, of Lars Von Trier's Boss of It All.

August 2: A music feature on Negativland, in town with their It's All In Your Head FM live radio show; a pick for the circus/Balkan/rock/jazz double-shot of Ara Anderson's Iron & teh Albatross and Brian Carpenter's Beat Circus; a Soundadvice mention for the inaugural Man vs. Machine show featuring This Ambitious Orchestra; a review for the Andy Samberg snoozer Hot Rod and another for the slightly funnier State-related The Ten.

August 9: An Arts pick for the Secret Cinema-presented film/book event Riot On Sunset Strip, screening the film which inspired the book of the same name by Dominic Priore, who was on hand to discuss; a music pick for Deviled Leggs, the Bowerbird experimental dance party; a combo review for the fantasies Stardust and Labyrinth; and a sidebar for the Tower Gallery's Art of the Short program.

August 16: An Arts feature on Brian Coleman's book release for Check the Technique, his book of liner notes for 36 hip-hop albums; a One Track Mind for Finnish monster-rockers Lordi's "Bringing Back the Balls To Rock"; and a review of the retooled, patchwork Nicole Kidman remake The Invasion.

August 23: An arts feature on so-called political prisoner Tom Manning and a show of his work at The Rotunda; a music feature on Marc Zajack's experimental (and - mostly - cassette-only) Deep Fried Tapes label; a review of Mr. Bean's Holiday (ugh), and another for Illegal Tender (ugh, except for Wanda De Jesus blowin' guys away).